Pocketed chair



'Feb. 10, 192.5.

A. F. WASMUTH POCKETED CHAIR Filed Jan, 24, 1923 ad ATTORNEY iii Fatented Feb. 10, 1925 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS F. WASMUTH, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'IO WASMUTH- ENDIGO'IT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

"POCKETED GI-IAIR.

lipplieation filed. January 24,1923. Serial No. 614,696.

To all whom it may} concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUs'rUs F. VAS- MUTH, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocketed Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pocket-ed chairs for installation in the walls of quarters, especially those limited in size, and the object of the improvement is to provide a disappearing chair supported by the wall when in use and concealable therein when out of use.

This object is accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the construction embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a. vertical elevation of the same in central section;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary front elevation projected from Fig. 2 shown broken away and partly in section; and

Fig. 4 is aperspective view of one of the brackets for sustaining the back of the chair.

The characters appearing in the description refer to parts shown in the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters.

The invention comprises a rectangular wooden frame 1 having a flange 2 extending along its sides 3 and ends 4: at the front of the frame. Seated in each side of the frame, in the inner face thereof adjacent the flange, is a metal bar 5, in which is mounted the corresponding end of a transverse hinge rod 6, and upon said rod adjacent each bar is pivotally supported a bracket 7 to each of which is rigidly secured a seat 8. In the front ends of the brackets 7 is secured a second hinge rod 9 upon which is pivotally mounted a chair back 10, there being an inturned wing 11 on each bracket for limiting the swinging movement of the back by coming into contact therewith.

Projecting from the inner face of each side of the frame back of the flange at the upper end thereof is a stop 12, and immediately back of the stop is also a projecting guide 13. The stop serves to arrest the seat by contact with the upper end thereof when in closed position, and the guide serves to direct the upper end of the back 10 into folded position when the seat 8 is closed.

The seat has a knob let by means of which the chair is manipulated, and an'ordinary compression fastener 15 on the outer end of the seat 8, is compressed against the bottom face of the flange at the upper end of the frame when the seat is closed which sustains it in closed position, and in the back of the frame is rigidly positioned a horizontally disposed cross-beam 16 that engages the lower end of the seat and sustains it when opened to its horizontal position.

In using the invention, the frame is rigidly mounted in the wall of a building with its flange overlapping the plastering of the wall (not shown) so as to be held permanently in place therein. By pulling upon the knob the seat is swung upon the hinge rod, upon which it turns, so that it assumes a horizontal position. The hinged back is drawn downwardly as the seat is opened and is swung outwardly from the frame by the action of the wings on the brackets so that the chair, formed by the projecting portion of the seat and the hinged back, is sustained in a position in front of the frame and clear from the plane of the wall. By merely lifting the outer end of the seat and moving it to its closed position the back is automatically moved into the frame and folded against the seat, and the frame is closed and the chair is thereby secreted entirely in the frame.

hat I claim is In a wall chair, a wall pocket having an opening in the front thereof; a seat closing said opening and having limited outward swinging movement; brackets fixed on the seat adjacent the rear end thereof and pivoted in the lower part of the pocket; a back having hinged connection at its lower end with said brackets, there being a wing on each bracket above the pivotal connection thereof with said back and operable to sustain the back in position external of the pocket when the seat is in extended position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS F. IVASMUTH.

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